Centro de Idiomas 2013

CIDI 062
Unit 4

HEALTH AND LIFE

Body Parts Whole Body
I.

Can you name the parts of the human body?

1. hand
2. s_ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. h_ _ _
4. neck
5. f_ _ _ _ _
6. thumb
7. wrist
8. e_ _ _ _
9. breast
10. b_ _ _ _
11. thigh
12. k_ _ _
13. lower leg
14. toe
15. calf
16. ankle
17. f_ _ _
18. bottom
19. b_ _ _
20. upper arm
21. fore_ _ _

Face Parts

Internal Organs

II. Check the meaning of the words that follow. Then in pairs use the words to complete the passage.
body
heart

blood

contracts

nutrients
fist(2)

arms

lungs
right

times

pump

receives(2)

beat

gallons
muscle

chest

Your ________is really a ________. It's located a little to the left of the middle of your _______, and it's about
the size of your ________. There are lots of muscles all over your ________ - in your ________, in your legs,
in your back, even in your behind. But this muscle is special because of what it does - the heart
sends________ around your body. The blood provides your body with the oxygen and ___________it needs. It
also carries away the waste that your body has to get rid of.
Your heart is sort of like a_________, or two pumps in one. The _________side of your heart
___________blood from the body and pumps it to the _________. The left side of the heart does the exact
opposite: it ____________blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body. By the time you're grown up,
your heart will be beating (pumping) about 70 _________a minute.
How does the heart________? Before each beat, your heart fills with blood. Then it ___________to squirt the
blood along. When something contracts, it squeezes tighter - try squeezing your hand into a_________. That's
sort of like what your heart does so it can squirt out the blood. Your heart does this all day and all night, all the
time. Every day, an adult heart pumps 2,000 _________(7,500 liters) of recycled blood by filling and
contracting. The heart is one tough worker!

III.

Word references. What do the words in bold refer to?

1. It (line 1): ________________________________________

2. It (line 1): ________________________________________
3. It (line 3): _________________________________________
4. It (line 8): _________________________________________
5. It (line 11): ________________________________________
6. This (line 12): ______________________________________

IV. Answer the following questions with complete answers in Spanish.

1. How many times does the heart pump in a minute?
_____________________________________________________________________
2. What does the heart send around your body?
_____________________________________________________________________
3. How many gallons does the heart pump?
_____________________________________________________________________
4. Where is your heart located?
_____________________________________________________________________
5. Where else can you find muscles in your body besides the heart?
_____________________________________________________________________
6. Why do we need a heart?
_____________________________________________________________________
7. Which organs directly work with the heart?
_____________________________________________________________________

V. Read the clues below to complete the crossword.

11

10

ACROSS
1.
2.
3.
4.

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Deals with toxins. Energy depots of the body.

Take oxygen in from the air and get rid of carbon dioxide.
Movable organ in the mouth.
Pumps blood around the body.

DOWN
5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Clean liquid waste products from the blood and send them to the bladder as urine.
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Receives the food you swallow and begins to break it down so that the nutrients
can be absorbed.
7. _ _ _
Allow you to hear the sounds around you and also enable you to balance.
8. _ _ _ _ _ _
Any of the five parts extending from each hand.
9. _ _ _
One of the limbs used for standing and walking.
10. _ _ _
Allow you to see your surroundings.
11. _ _ _ _ _
Controls the activity across the whole body.

Listening
VI. Choose from the words in the box to complete the passage. Then listen to the recording to check your
answers.
blood

bloodstream

organs

brain

pain

chemicals

people

research

drugs

sense

harm

sex

harmful

teens

illegal

impair

vaccines

Drugs: What you should know.

These days,(1)__________________ can be found everywhere, and it may seem like everyone's doing them. Lots of
(2)____________________ are tempted by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer.
But learning the facts about drugs can help you see the risks of chasing this excitement or escape. Here's what you
need to know.

The Deal on Substances

Thanks to medical and drug (3)_________________, there are thousands of drugs that help people. Antibiotics and
(4)__________________ have revolutionized the treatment of infections. Medicines can lower (5)________________
pressure, treat diabetes, and reduce the body's rejection of new (6)_________________. Medicines can cure, slow, or
prevent disease, helping us to lead healthier and happier lives. But there are also lots of (7)__________________,
harmful drugs that people take to help them feel good or have a good time.

How do drugs work?

Drugs are (8)__________________ or substances that change the way our bodies

work. When you put them into your body (often by swallowing, inhaling, or injecting them), drugs find their way into
your (9)_____________________and are transported to parts of your body, such as your brain. In the brain, drugs
may either intensify or dull your senses, alter your (10)____________________ of alertness, and sometimes
decrease physical (11)___________________________.

A drug may be helpful or (12)______________________. The effects of drugs can vary depending upon the kind of
drug taken, how much is taken, how often it is used, how quickly it gets to the (13)_____________________, and
what other drugs, food, or substances are taken at the same time. Effects can also vary based on the differences in
body size, shape, and chemistry.

Although substances can feel good at first, they can ultimately do a lot of (14)_______________________ to the
body and brain. Drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, taking illegal drugs, and sniffing glue can all cause serious damage
to the human body. Some drugs severely (15)_______________________ a person's ability to make healthy choices
and decisions. (16)__________________ who drink, for example, are more likely to get involved in dangerous
situations, such as driving under the influence or having unprotected (17)_____________________.

Answer in Spanish
1. How do drugs work? Explain.
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. According to the text, why are drugs harmful?
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________